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Bawn in Longford Demesne

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Situated in level pasture in the demense lands of Longford House (SL019-092001-). Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. O'Rorke (1890, 116-8) recorded that Longford was one of the chief seats of the O'Dowd's and that the Genealogical Ms. of Duald MacFirbis chronicled that the English erected 'all the bawn of Longford, except Leaba an eich bhuidhe' i.e. the bed of the yellow steed. No upstanding remains of the bawn were identified. O'Donovan Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Situated in level pasture in the demense lands of Longford House (SL019-092001-). Not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. O'Rorke (1890, 116-8) recorded that Longford was one of the chief seats of the O'Dowd's and that the Genealogical Ms. of Duald MacFirbis chronicled that the English erected 'all the bawn of Longford, except Leaba an eich bhuidhe' i.e. the bed of the yellow steed. No upstanding remains…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL019-092003

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